Research Positions in Speech Recognition

[S.Renals@dcs.shef.ac.uk]

As part of the EU funded project SPRACH (Speech Recognition Algorithms
for Connectionist Hybrids) two Research Associate positions, of three
years duration, are available at the Universities of Cambridge and
Sheffield.  Both positions are concerned with developing new methods
for large vocabulary speech recognition.  The Sheffield position will
have an emphasis towards statistical language modelling;  the Cambridge
position will have an emphasis on connectionist acoustic models.  

The research project will build on the recently completed Wernicke
project.  One of the outcomes of that project is the Abbot large
vocabulary speech recognition system, which is available in a
demonstration version at 
ftp://svr-ftp.eng.cam.ac.uk/pub/comp.speech/recognition/AbbotDemo/

The job adverts and application details are included below.  For
informal discussion contact either Steve Renals (s.renals at dcs.shef.ac.uk)
or Tony Robinson (ajr at eng.cam.ac.uk).

Tony Robinson, Cambridge University
Steve Renals,  Sheffield University

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University of Sheffield
Department of Computer Science, Speech and Hearing Group

Research Associate in Continuous Speech Recognition

Applications are invited for a Research Associate to work in the
speech and hearing group in the area of continuous speech recognition.
In particular, the post will involve the investigation of new methods
of statistical language modelling, approaches to domain adaptation and
the development and evaluation of demonstration systems.
The project is funded as a Basic Research Project by the EU and will
be of three years duration, from December 1995.  Candidates for the
post will be expected to hold a postgraduate degree (preferably a PhD) 
in a relevant discipline, or to have acquired equivalent experience. 
The successful candidate will have had research experience in the area
of statistical language modelling or connectionist/HMM-based speech
recognition.

Salary will be in the range \pounds 14,317 to \pounds 18,985.
Informal enquiries about the post to Dr. Steve Renals 
(email: s.renals at dcs.shef.ac.uk; tel: +44-114-282-5575;  
fax: +44-114-278-0972).  Further particulars and an application form
are available from the Director of Human Resource Management, The
University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield  S10 2TN 
(tel: +44-114-282-4144; fax: +44-114-276-7897), citing Ref:R780.

The closing date for applications is Friday 10 November 1995.

The University of Sheffield follows an Equal Opportunity Policy.

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University of Cambridge
Engineering Department, Speech Vision and Robotics group

Research Associate in Large Vocabulary Connectionist Speech Recognition

Applications are invited for a Research Assistantship in the use of
connectionist models and hidden Markov models in large vocabulary
automatic speech recognition.  The project is funded by the EU and is of
36 months duration.  Candidates for this post will have a good first
degree and preferably a postgraduate degree in a relevant discipline.
The candidate is expected to have prior knowledge of
connectionist/Markov model hybrids, large vocabulary recognition or a
related area.  The ability to manage a large software project,
participate in international evaluations and liaise with industry would
be advantageous.  Salary will be in the range \pounds 14,317 to \pounds
19,848.

Further details and an application form may be obtained by writing to Dr
Tony Robinson, Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington
Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, U.K., email ajr at eng.cam.ac.uk, phone
+44-1223-332815, fax +44-1223-332662, or http://svr-www.eng.cam.ac.uk/~ajr.

The deadline for applications is 26 November 1995.

The University follows an equal opportunities policy.
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